space v dragons

http://rumel.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Futurama-2_18-150x150.jpg

space music >>>>>>>>>>>> dragon music

oh no wait...

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/25/article-1323551-0BC27A43000005DC-288_468x335.jpg

http://static.boomkat.com/images/180496/333.jpg

^ space dragon

cf. singing space dragon in The Iron Man.

well, space-bat-angel-dragon.

what if space is really, really boring

^hates life

Other way around, bub. Space is about getting out of this life, possibly out of bodies and humanity altogether. Dragons are about as vital as it gets.

That's my theory for today, anyway.

Space is infinite.
It is dark.
Space is neutral.
It is cold.

Stars occupy minute areas of space. They are clustered a few billion here. A few billion there. As if seeking consolation in numbers.
Space does not care.

Space does not threaten.
Space does not comfort.
It does not sleep; it does not wake; it does not dream; it does not hope; it does not fear; it does not love; it does not hate; it does not encourage any of these qualities.
Space cannot be measured. It cannot be angered, it cannot be placated. It cannot be summed up. Space is there.
Space is not large and it is not small. It does not live and it does not die. It does not offer truth and neither does it lie.
Space is a remorseless, senseless, impersonal fact.
Space is the absence of time and of matter

^^^^you can't say any of that shit about dragons

it's still pretty cool tho

mine was a vote for space, BTW

Space is infinite and therefore symbol for an infinite number of possibilities, it's the widest canvas possible to project the self.

Dragons on the other hand have always been convenient shorthand for fears of the unknown, fears of the Other: remember the old maps that imagine a flat world where you could just sail and sail until you fell of the edge? And what awaited you there? "HERE BE DRAGONS"

(might be a reason to prefer dragons, actually)

Yeah, man, I'll take human life right here! All that stuff you just said about space repels me like fucken' magnets.

I prefer space because living in fear is a waste of time.

Important evidence for your consideration:

http://www.infinitas.com.au/ProductImages/9780786955534.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVBBjG8P9IM

in this one, space hands down

if it were space v dinosaurs tho, well, that's another story

https://www.google.com/search?q=dragon+hentai

You can't dance with dragons, but you can dance as freely as you want when you are in space. You're not bound by stupid old gravity.

Where does the bottom of the ocean fit into this equation?

Dragons are "monsters" and stand in for the unknown and un-conquered of all kinds. In particular, reptilian figures are often linked to that which is unknown about the earth/nature. I'm a big fan of that.

That is a compelling idea, and I love nature and its unknownness, but it's such an earth-limited view.

I vote dragons because reptiles in myth get a bad rap and I think they're way more important than the sagas/Grimm Bros let on.

Since most dragons appear to have six limbs, I don't think they are reptiles. I guess they are some kind of giant insects or crustaceans?

snakes have no limbs, are they not reptiles either?

Yeah, but the maximum number of limbs a reptile can have is four. Even snakes are descended from tetrapods.

Can't really imagine a kids' movie about training your space

What the hell do you mean, "most" dragons??

snakes are just giant limbs

Anyway, I think this piece of evidence should win the argument:

http://membres.multimania.fr/skanlon/pictures/Bob_EGGLETON/EGGLETONMetalDragon.jpg

dragons w/ jetpacks?

well played.

i'd rather shoot around space as myself than as a big old dragon

http://i.imgur.com/UudDx.jpg

This had hitherto been a contest between the sci-fi future and the fantasy past

I also think of it as interior space/dragon and exterior space/space, though? Like space is gonna make us as we know "us" obsolete, or so different that we won't know where we came from. (I was thinking the other night while wringing out laundry about what a world without gravity or with very weak gravity would be like, and realized the differences in how we would live were eclipsed by the greater differences in what would have evolved as "human" in the first place.)

Whereas dragons are gonna show you what was already in you that you didn't even know about; primal, secret things.

Aw see I already know those things and I am ready to float in space, thank u

guys

imagine a dragon made out of stars

draccus constellation

that would pwn imo

"Some legends even speak of the dragons being a comet from space and this is definitely another additive to this scenario due to the fact that comets usually accompany fire."

predator vs dragon

I feel like space would only be palatable if FTL travel was provided. otherwise it'd be a BIG BORE.

"Are we there yet?"

FTL is a vague term with vague outcomes, stasis probaly the way fwd imo

xp - And then what, a dragon? Everything is a journey, you will never get there.

think about all the space pollution space travel would bring - what if we changed the universe from a red shift universe to a blue shift universe because people were choosing mass produced spaceliners from betelguese V instead of artisanal, locally sourced cruiseships from alpha centauri?

in dragons, no one can hear u scream

Outside of a dragon, space is a man's best friend; inside of a dragon, no one can hear u scream.

also we are already experiencing space, every day! do you know how much space there is between an atom's nucleus and its electrons?????? think of all the atoms in your body!!!!!

LOL

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For all we know, dayo, part of that immense space is inhabited by infinitesimally small dragons

pour one out for anne mccaffrey

the only Bruce Coville books I read were the "my teacher is an alien" series

voted space

I have never really felt like I could trust a dragon

definitely need a bruce coville books poll

I have never really felt like I could trust a dragon

*cries*

Oh, and here's that dragon in space that deems mentioned. (Just look for a U-shaped line of stars around the Little Dipper.)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

What if all of space -- exists within the mind of a dragon?!

dragons in space obv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoGYSvpJeII&feature=related

hold that thought, i'm gonna ring my mans for some good weed

pour one out for anne mccaffrey

word.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ha HA
38 is my lucky number too

space is the place

RIP dragons, maybe I'll see you again in space sometime

was this poll rigged? not sure i trust the programming in this place

Those results look approximately right.

Take that, Smaug.

if it came to a fight the average dragon would pwn space imo

was this poll rigged? not sure i trust the programming in this place space

― the gas-cramp dilla (pomplamau5), Friday, December 2, 2011 4:11 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

dragon breath wouldn't even work in space there's no oxygen

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/juicyfrt/download.jpg

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